Washing-machine



(No Model.)

C. N. WHITE. WASHING MACHINE..

Jal

usual constructionemployed in this class of UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES N. VHITE, OF CHAUNOEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ROSCOE J.

" GROVES, OF DAVIS STATION, MICHIGAN.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 418,431, dated December 31, 1889.

Application led September 26, 1889. Serial No. 325,142. i (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES N. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Ohauncey,in the county of Kent'and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vashing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in washing-machines, and has for its object to provide improved` bearings for a machine of the class' or type having a concavo-convex segmental rocking rubber operating in conjunction with a concave ribbed suds-box. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure l represents a vertical longitudinal section of the machine. Fig. 2 represents a vertical cross-section of the same on line :n in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectionalview of one of the bearings` shown in Fig. 2, and Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views.

Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figures.

The letter A designates a suds-box of the washing-machines, semicircular, or nearly so, in longitudinal section, as shown in Fig. l, and having its interiorprovided with slats or ribs a, giving it the appearance of corrugated metal. The box A is mounted on legs b, is provided with a faucet or plug c for drawing off the water, and has a soap-box d at one end.

`To the sides m of the suds-box A are attached the anti-friction trunnion-bearings F, to the peculiar construction and arrangement of Vwhich I desire to call particular attention, as well as to the rubberbearings which register with said bearings F. The bearingF is composed of the following parts: A plate n, attached to the inside of the side pieces m and having an upward extension r,which, together with a portion of the plate, forms a washer, a trunnion q, fixed in said plate, having its outer end supported by the side piece on and its inner end furnished with a fixed washer o, and an anti-friction wheel p, mounted on said trunnion. This wheel has a countersink on `the inner side, which receives the washer o, and thus the Wheel is flush with the end of the trunnion.

The rubber B is segmental inform and of the usual construction, having slats or ribs corresponding to those of the suds-box, (designated a). Fastened to the inside of the rubber are the uprights C, connected by the cross-brace D, which may also serve as a handle to operate the rubber. The standard C is re-enforced by a strip e, of hard wood, the thickness of the side piece of the rubber, and with this strip the end of the anti-friction roller comes in contact. The width of the strip e is slightly greater than the diameter of the friction-roller, and to its sides are fastened the metallic strips f, which project beyond the face of the strips e nearly the axial length of the wheel p, and form in effect a groove la. The lower ends of the strips f are curved slightly from each other and have their inner edges embedded in the side pieces of the rubber. To the side pieces of the rubber are fixed two wooden guides g, placed at an angle, as shown, and having their upper ends abutting against the bottom ends of the i strips f. The relative position of these guides, together with the bottoms of the strips f being bent from each other, constitutes, essentially, triangular ways, as shown at h, leading to the bearing above. This bearing is formed by the strips f,in conjunction with the block c', concaved on the under side to iit the wheel p. By using the material designated and the construction described several advantages are gained. The bearing F is at the same time compact and very easy of operation. The guides g, being of wood, are not as apt to catch the clothes as if the strips f were continued downward in their places. By the same arrangement the metallic strips are kept entirely out of contact with the clothes, and thus they are unlikely to be stained by rust. At the same time the Ways h make it possible to insert or withdraw the rubber with the greatest facility and at any angle. By having the re-entorcing and bearing strip e, to which the strips f are fastened, of slightly- Having; thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the l1o United States- The combination, in a 'Washing-machine of the c lass desoribedLwith a suds-box having anti-friction trunnion-bearings comprising the plate fn', trunnion q, fixed Washer 0, and Wheel p, of the rubber having l(he upright C, 15 rev-enforcing and bearing` strip e, metallic strips f, guides g, andV block fi, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature zo 4 in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES N. WHITE.

Witnesses: f

CORNELIUS J. DE YOUNG, ALBERT RooT. 

